After the Nuggets beat the Spurs, 122-119, on Friday night, coach Michael Malone had high praise for forward Nikola Jokic, telling reporters that the 23-year-old “should be in the MVP conversation.”
The Joker posted his third consecutive triple-double (28 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists) in the victory.
Malone also complained that Jokic and the rest of his guys aren’t getting the respect they deserve from officials, prompting Spurs coach Gregg Popovich to call out “bullshit,”...

Since being traded from the Denver Nuggets to the Portland Trail Blazers in February of 2017, Jusuf Nurkic has played 86 games with the Blazers and averaged 14.4 points, 9 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.4...